LOCAL AND GENERAL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 30 August 1943, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Social Security Scheme. “You in New Zealand have built up a social security system under which abject poverty is practically impossible; we are trying to do the same in our country,” said Mrs Roosevelt, addressing a meeting of women in Wellington last night. Hospital Accommodation.

'The Wellington Hospital Board has received advice that it is expected that the 210-bed block at the Wellington Hospital will be finished by the end of the year and the Hutt Valley hospital early next year.

Wairarapa Seat. Mr R. E. Crawford, Democratic Labour Party candidate for the Wairarapa seat, will address public meetings as follows:—Wednesday, September 1, at the Whakataki Hall at 8 p.m.; Thursday, September 2, at the Tinui Hall; Friday, September 3, at the Langdale Hall; Saturday, September 4, at the Taueru School.

N.Z. Boots for Russia. “Russian units are marching to victory in boots made in New Zealand.” stated the Minister of Transport, Mr O’Brien, referring to the furtherance of secondary industries in the Dominion since the outbreak of war. Mr O’Brien was speaking at a meeting held in the King’s Theatre, Carterton, on Saturday night. Democratic Labour.

Aircraftman Donald Thompson, Democratic Soldier Labour Party candidate for the Masterton seat, will address public meetings at the Bideford Hall tonight at 8 o’clock, at the Mauriceville East Hall at 8 o’clock tomorrow night, and at the Belvedere Hall, Carterton, at 8 p.m. on Wednesday. September I. Sugar for Service Men.

A few days ago some 900 tons .of sugar, the property of the Government, was removed from the old power-house in Wakefield Street, Wellington, to the Glide Rink opposite at an estimated cost (to the Metropolitan Patriotic Committee) of £4OO. Now this same sugar has been loaded outward from the Glide Rink into trucks by service men. Shortage of Beef. To assist Auckland butchers to meet the demands of customers for beef during the existing shortage the Government has made available from its stores a total of 1500 quarters of beef. This will greatly relieve the situation. The extremely high values that ruled on the market in the past week are expected to attract larger supplies next week, but after a fortnight a decrease is regarded as probable, creating the greatest difficulty.

Address at Hukanui.

Mr J. Robertson, Labour candidate for the Masterton seat, gave a political address at Hukanui on Saturday night. There was a good attendance. Mr J. Gardner presided. Mr Robertson was accorded a vote of thanks. Address on Social Diseases. At 2 o’clock at the W.D.F.U. Rest Room in Masterton on Wednesday, addresses will be given by nurses on social diseases. All women are invited to attend. Workman Fatally Injured. While stacking salt at Mulholland’s store, Dunedin, on Friday morning, Mr John Prentice McKay, aged 43, labourer, was crushed between a sliding door and the wall, receiving injuries to the head from which he later died in hospital. farm Apprenticeship. The New Zealand Vocational Guidance Association, at its conference in Wellington, adopted a remit that the executive be asked to urge the Government to institute a scheme of farm apprenticeship designed to train those wishing to take up rural pursuits.

C. G. Scrimgeour’s Campaign. The Prime Minister, Mi' Fraser, and the Minister of Finance, Mr Nash, were described as the Ramsay Macdonald and the Philip Snowden of New Zealand by Aircraftman C. G. Scrimgeour, Independent candidate for Wellington Central, in his opening campaign addresses last night. Mr Scrimgeour had an audience of 1620 at the De Luxe Theatre for the first meeting, and then addressed an overflow meeting of 870 at the Paramount Theatre. Mr Scrimgeour was well received when he opened his addresses and at intervals throughout. By the issue of different coloured tickets for Wellington Central electors and non-electors, it was estimated that six out of seven of the total attendances were electors.

Full Pay Granted. Arrangements have been made to grant full pay and allowances to certain members of the forces discharged before their hospital treatment is completed. Announcing this on Saturday, the Minister of Defence, Mr Jones, said the arrangements would apply to those who were in-patients at any hospital or in receipt of out-patient’s treatment since September 3, 1939. All those who had been in receipt of social security, pensions, or any earnings would receive the difference between the amount received and what they would have received if they had remained on Army pay during the period of incapacity. Applications must be forwarded direct to the sick and wounded branch at Army Headquarters, Wellington, and must give the soldier’s Army number, rank, name in full, home address, the name of the hospital concerned, and the dates the soldier was under hospital treatment.